Tom Cruise Gets Wooden Clogs in Amsterdam
Jun 29, 2007
Actor Tom Cruise was in Amsterdam for a few hours, promoting his new film Lions For Lambs, where reporters gave him three pairs of wooden clogs as a joke for Cruise, his wife Katie and daughter Suri
Cruise, sans Katie and Suri, was at Europe's Cinema Expo movie-distributors' convention where he presented a five minute clip from the movie starring Cruise as a congressman. Other cast members of the movie include Meryl Streep and Robert Redford.
Cruise, who spent an hour signing autographs and talking with reporters, told he was happy about his close friends the Beckhams moving to Los Angeles this summer.
"I'm very happy about that," he told Thursday.
Cruise and Katie were at David Beckham’s last game in Spain and celebrated his team's final win.
He told reporters that “[Beckhams] already are” big Hollywood stars.
At the Expo Cruise also talked about his next movie that he is producing through his United Artists banner with partner Paula Wagner.
"It is a very powerful film in a very crucial moment in history about the resistance in Germany against the Nazi regime. [Count Claus Schenk Von Stauffenberg] had incredible integrity ... a real hero. I have great admiration for him and what they tried to do," Cruise said.
The movie titled Valkyrie hit a few snags with the German government that was resolved recently and is scheduled to begin shooting in July.
Labels: Amsterdam, Tom Cruise
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 14:27,
Spice Girls return will be more successful than Take That, says Mel C
After confirming the Spice Girls reunion, band member Melanie Chisholm has claimed that the vivacious five’s return to the charts will be far better than their recently reformed counterparts Take That.
Sporty Spice said that she is confident about the girl group's comeback being more successful than that of their male pop rivals, because of their past success around the world.
"One thing that's different with the Spice Girls is that we were truly global,” The Guardian quoted Mel C, as saying.
"We are going to America. Take That never did,” she said.
The all-girls band, which split in 2001, announced on June 28 that they will reunite for an 11-date world tour spanning eight countries, starting with a December 7 performance in Los Angeles, California.
Labels: Mel C, Spice Girls, Take That, Victoria Beckham
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 14:20,
Chris Benoit's doctor's shady past revealed
Late WWE superstar Chris Benoit’s family doctor’s license to practice medicine was temporarily suspended in 2001 for “reasons related to competence or character”, if reports are to be believed.
Dr. Phil C. Astin, who saw the wrestler hours before he killed his wife and seven-year-old son, had his license suspended for three months, and was fined 500 dollars by the Georgia State Medical Board.
The doctor’s shady past came to light when the police raided his office early Thursday morning, in connection with Benoit investigation.
Officials seized medical records, but say that they did not make any arrests, reports TMZ.
Dr. Astin has admitted that he prescribed testosterone to Benoit in the past, but declined to reveal what he had prescribed to the wrestler on the fateful day.
Records from the Georgia State Board of Medical Examiners reveal that Dr. Astin's father had also run into trouble with the state medical board, after he was found guilty of engaging in "unprofessional conduct" in 1992 by over-prescribing a plethora of pills including amphetamines, antidepressants, tranquillizers, and narcotics to various patients.
The medical board had suspended his license for 30 days, put him on probation for five years, and fined him 2000 dollars. His license was reinstated in 1997, following the completion of his sentence.
Dr. Astin was unavailable for comment.
Labels: Chris Benoit, shady
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 13:48,
Paris Hilton may sue her lawyer
The heiress who recently told CNN's Larry King that she believed her crime did not fit the jail sentence handed out to her is now putting the heat on her lawyer for not defending her competently in the DUI case.
The heiress who recently told CNN's Larry King that she believed her crime did not fit the jail sentence handed out to her is now putting the heat on her lawyer for not defending her competently in the DUI case.
A source close to the Hilton family told MSNB that Paris is "furious" with the lawyer and the Hiltons are contemplating legal action.
"The way this case was handled was a disaster," the source says. "Nobody goes to jail for DUI that long. It was all the lawyer's fault and we're looking into what recourse we have."
Hilton's rep denies the story, saying "There is no truth to this item."
Labels: lawyer, Paris Hilton
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 13:41,
No ban on Tom Cruise filming 'Valkyrie' at military sites
Tom Cruise is welcome to shoot his World War II film ‘Valkyrie’ at government locations in Germany, say officials.
Reports had earlier said that the Scientology wary country had banned Cruise from filming the thriller at German military sites due to his religion.
However, now reports say that the only problem to Cruise shooting at the primary location - Bendlerblock- was not his affiliation to Scientology, but the fact that the building also houses part of the German Ministry of Defense.
‘Valkyrie’ is about Count Claus Schenk Von Stauffenberg, the Second World War hero, who led the Operation Valkyrie assassination plot that tried to kill Adolf Hitler in 1944.
Stauffenberg planted a bomb in a briefcase near Hitler at his military headquarters in Rastenburg on July 20, 1944, but while the bomb exploded and killed several officers, Hitler himself narrowly escaped death, thanks to a large oak table in the room that saved him.
Stauffenberg was caught and executed that night at Bendlerblock, as were 7,000 other sympathizers.
Dirk Kuehnau, head of the Bundesanstalt fuer Immobilienaufgaben (BIMA), the company in charge of government buildings, insisted that director Bryan Singer and the cast would be welcome to film at the site once they have acquired the right permit.
"In this country, we have constitutionally guaranteed rights. Articles four and five of the constitution protect freedom of faith and creed and freedom of expression. I don't think those rights would be denied a film actor," Variety quoted Kuehnau, as saying.
He adding that getting a permit should be no problem as long as filming does not interfere with government business.
Cruise talked up the project at length at Cinema Expo in Amsterdam.
"It is a very powerful film in a very crucial moment in history about the resistance in Germany against the Nazi regime. This man had incredible integrity ... a real hero. I have great admiration for him and what they tried to do," Cruise said.
Apart from acting in the movie, Cruise will also be producing it through his United Artists banner, that he floated along with partner Paula Wagner.
The film is scheduled to begin shooting in July.
Labels: Tom Cruise, Valkyrie
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 12:21,
Michael Jackson slams 'defamatory and malicious' reports
Former king of pop Michael Jackson has decided to clear up all the false reports which were published recently, including ones that stated that he is on medication and believes that his brother Randy stole money from him.
In response to a flurry of published reports, the singer’s spokeswoman, Raymone Bain, issued a statement on June 28 branding the reports as “untrue, defamatory and malicious in nature."
Among the allegations denied by Bain was that Jackson was confined to his bed, or relying on any sort of medication, "including painkillers."
"Mr. Jackson is not bedridden nor on any type of medication…including painkillers," E! News quoted Bain, as saying.
"In fact, Mr. Jackson is doing very well, and conducted a meeting with his advisors yesterday, which included former Attorney General Benjamin R. Civiletti and Reverend Jesse L. Jackson Sr. among others," she added.
Bain also refuted assumptions that Jackson has doubts that his older brother Randy has been stealing from his bank account behind his back.
"Mr. Jackson does not believe that his brother Randy Jackson has stolen monies from him, nor does he believe that Randy, or any of his family members, would ever steal from him,” she said.
Bain also cleared up rumors about Jackson’s reported departure from Las Vegas.
"Mr. Jackson has not 'left' Las Vegas nor is he being 'evicted' from his residence in Las Vegas. He decided not to exercise the option to purchase the house. Period,” she said.
Bain said that there was never any press release issued in regards to a European tour, and added, "Despite reports to the contrary, Mr. Jackson is currently in the studio putting finishing touches on his music."
Finally, Bain deem any reports that Jackson is either losing or selling his precious share in the Sony/ATV catalogue "ludicrous" and "without merit."
She indicated Jackson's attorneys would be dealing with the individuals responsible for spreading falsehoods about the singer.
Bain also denied that Jackson has lost or sold his share of the ATV/Sony partnership, and says that any reports to the contrary are "ludicrous, without merit, and are being written without sufficient personal financial information to make such an unwarranted pronouncement."
Labels: Michael Jackson
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 12:14,
Jennifer Aniston Bored With Her 'Boy-Toy'
Actress Jennifer Aniston has been keeping it casual with her 'boy-toy' model Paul Sculfor and chose to party alone with her friends all last week.
The actress was spotted socializing with friends at one of her favorite L.A.-area hot-spots, Nobu, Sunset Tower Hotel and a Police concert, four nights in one week without Paul, reports Usmagazine.com.
“Jen and Paul continue to see each other, but it is not serious,” a source on Jennifer, 38, told. “She remains cautious of anyone she meets.”
Paul, who has been seen with Jennifer for a month, has no plans of moving in with her, confirmed an insider on Jennifer saying that the rumors are simply “not true.”
Sculfor’s rep tells, “Paul will not be answering any questions about his relationship with Jennifer.”
Although a friend of the Jennifer's revealed that Sculfor is totally smitten by Aniston, and is pulling out all the stops while wooing her.
Aniston also loves all the attention her new beau is showering on her, the friend tells.
Maybe the wary former Friends star is just sugared-out with the loving.
Labels: Boy, Jennifer Aniston
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 12:07,
Maria Sharapova's biggest dream is be a Bond girl
Tennis ace Maria Sharapova’s biggest dream is to be a Bond girl, a friend has revealed.
“But her biggest dream is to be a Bond girl. She’s always talking about it,” The Sun quoted the friend, as saying.
“Maria loves the James Bond films and all the glamour associated with the role. And with her Russian blood, she thinks she would be perfect,” the friend added.
And her ambition to become a Bond girl comes from her favorite hobby, which is spying.
“I’m really good at manipulating people. And I’m great at spying — I should have been Sherlock Holmes,” Sharapova was quoted, as saying.
Recently, Sharapova, who wowed Wimbledon crowds by knocking out Yung Jan-Chan on June 26, revealed on her website that if given a choice, she would pick Daniel Craig as her dream tennis partner.
She also divulged that her second favorite dream doubles partner would be Russian leader President Vladimir Putin, who is a former KGB officer.
Labels: Bond, Dream, girl, Maria Sharapova
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 12:00,
Spooky twist in Chris Benoit tragedy investigations
Hours before authorities discovered the bodies of Chris, Nancy and their 7-year-old-son Daniel Mondaty, someone altered Chris' page on Wikipedia to say the wrestler missed a match two days earlier because of his wife's death.
A Wikipedia official, Cary Bass, said Thursday that the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the computer used to edit the page was registered in Stamford, Conn.
The World Wrestling Entertainment is based there.
It is possible for a computer to be physically located at a place different from where its IP address is registered. It is even possible for a computer savvy person to remote into a computer located on a different continent and then make a change . However, the information could still serve as a useful lead for investigators.
The double murder and suicide took place in suburban Atlanta.
Labels: Chris Benoit, Spooky
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 11:52,
Lindsay Lohan Had Cocaine In Her System During Car Crash Last Month
Lindsay Lohan had been drinking and had cocaine in her system when she crashed her car last month. The 'Mean Girls' star was found to be twice over the California drink-drive limit and had traces of cocaine in her bloodstream at the time of the crash in Hollywood's Sunset Boulevard on May 26, according to a toxicology report.
Police could now present the new evidence to the Los Angeles District Attorney.
The police report filed at the time of the crash noted a "usable amount" of cocaine in Lohan's Mercedes Benz and the actress was later arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.
The 20-year-old star, who is not yet old enough to legally drink in the US, fled the scene and was later taken to hospital to be treated for minor injuries.
Police officers then arrested her a few days later.
Soon after the incident, Lohan checked into rehab at Malibu's Promises Centre, where she recently opted for an extended care programme.
Lohan's lawyer Blair Berk said: "It's highly inappropriate for me to discuss a pending case. It is extremely unprofessional for law enforcement to do it."
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Labels: Car, Cocaine, Lindsay Lohan, System
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 11:43,
Criss Angel explains Diaz dedication
Illusionist Criss Angel has explained why he dedicated his latest stunt to Hollywood star Cameron Diaz. According to People magazine, the 'Mindfreak' star praised Diaz after escaping from a concrete block suspended over Times Square.
Angel said to the crowd, who had gathered to watch his stunt: "I'd like to dedicate this to my girl Trouble, aka Cameron. I love you, baby."
When asked about the comment later, the illusionist told the magazine: "I just said that because everyone was hounding me about it and at the end of the day I got it out there, so my professional life is there, my personal life is here."
When asked about the possibility of romance, Angel said: "She's an amazing person and I wish her the best with her 'Shrek' tour right now, and I'm not going to discuss Cameron anymore."
Labels: Cameron Diaz, Criss Angel
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 11:30,
Diaz is to star in new horror film
Cameron Diaz is to star in a new horror film which will be directed by 'Donnie Darko' director Richard Kelly. Variety reports that 'The Box' is based on the Richard Matheson short story 'Button, Button' and has been adapted for the screen by Kelly.
In the film Diaz's character is given a mysterious box by a stranger and told that certain things will happen if she presses certain buttons on it.
'The Box' is due to begin shooting in the autumn.
Diaz's new film, 'Shrek the Third', opens in Irish cinemas today.
Read the review of 'Shrek the Third' here.
Labels: Cameron Diaz, Film, Horror, Star
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 11:09,
K-Fed Up with Brit's Antics
Sources close to Britney Spears' estranged ex tell E! News that the "America's Most Hated" rapper has refused to sign off on divorce papers because he is concerned for the well-being of their two children amid reports that the rehabbed Spears has been making the nightlife scene.
"It's not about the money," the source said of Federline's refusal to sign on the dotted line. "It's about her partying. It's her partying ways that is forcing Kevin to put his foot down."
His balking keeps the couple legally bound, despite both parties having reached a "global divorce settlement on all issues of their marriage," including custody of their sons, in March.
Under the terms of the agreement, Spears and Federline would continue to share joint legal and physical custody of Sean Preston and Jayden James, with the majority of the children's week spent with Spears.
However, Fresno's finest rapper now wants to revise the divorce document to make it possible for him to minimize Spears' access to the kids should she again bottom out to head-shaving proportions of self-destruction.
Spears has yet to comment on Federline, but she seems to be taking care of one problematic relation at a time.
The comeback-minded popster made quite a show of handing over some kind of document to her mother, Lynne, Thursday.
The delivery was dutifully chronicled by paparazzi, but no one is saying definitively what was in the missive.
Some reports have pegged the mystery paper as a restraining order seeking to limit Lynne Spears' interaction with her grandchildren. Mother and daughter have had a rocky relationship since Britney entered rehab (the younger Spears apparently blames her mother for forcing the issue).
"It was a love letter," Lynne Spears told an X17 cameraman of the document handed over by her daughter. "She did not serve me."
It must have been an important love letter—the former pop star drove roughly 30 miles to Valencia to deliver it to her mom, who was accompanying her other daughter, Jamie Lynn, to the set of her Nickelodeon show, Zoey 101.
Another photo agency, Splash News, reports that Spears made the journey out to Valencia only after conferring with paparazzi camped outside her own home. The "Toxic" singer asked the photographers if they knew the whereabouts of her mother and sister.
Meanwhile, TMZ reports the mail call was actually a letter from an out-of-state lawyer requesting that Lynne keep away from the Federline boys should she be on any medications that would impair her grandmotherly judgment
Labels: BRITNEY SPEARS, Kevin Federline
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 10:47,
Lohan's Dad: Lindsay Hooked on OxyContin
Lindsay Lohan's estranged father says she suffers from multiple addictions, including alcohol and the painkiller OxyContin, the Web site E! Online reported Wednesday. The 20-year-old actress checked into rehab Monday following a weekend that included crashing her Mercedes, being arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence and being photographed slumped in the passenger seat of a friend's car. This is her second rehab stint this year.
"I spoke to the people treating Lindsay, because I wanted to make sure she was getting the right care," Michael Lohan told E! Online. "And I'm satisfied they are doing the right thing for her, helping her detox from the painkillers and things. That's a very important step."
Lindsay Lohan's publicist, Leslie Sloane Zelnik, did not immediately return an after-hours call and e-mail from The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Michael Lohan was released from a New York state prison in March after serving almost two years for driving while intoxicated and other charges. He said he is studying to become a drug-rehab counselor with the faith-based organization Teen Challenge.
Before entering rehab, the actress was scheduled to start work this week on "Poor Things," a comedy featuring Shirley MacLaine, who is also a producer on the movie. MacLaine and co-producer Rob Hickman said in a statement Wednesday that Lohan still wants to work on the project.
"We are trying to rearrange the shooting schedule to facilitate her working at the end of the shoot to coincide with the completion of her rehabilitation," the statement said.
In other events swirling around Lohan, who turns 21 on July 2, authorities who have been conducting undercover operations at trendy celebrity watering holes in recent weeks are seeking to find out if she was served alcohol before her weekend car crash.
California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control investigators also want to know if Lohan or others were served after hours, agency spokesman John Carr said.
Labels: Dad, Lindsay Lohan
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 10:40,
Harrry Potter VII: Defenders of secrets, unite!
They have waited two long years, and now they have only 24 days to go. As the diehard fans of Harry Potter count the minutes until they can get their hands on "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," the seventh and final installment in the monumentally successful series by J. K. Rowling, they are engaging in a frenzy of speculation and rumor-mongering about what will happen to their beloved characters.
Predictions are flying across the Web and out of bookstores, where titles like "Mugglenet.com's What Will Happen in Harry Potter 7," "The End of Harry Potter?" and "The Great Snape Debate" spew theories about who will die, who will get together with whom, and who is really good or evil.
At the same time, with little more than three weeks to go before "Deathly Hallows" goes on sale at 12:01 a.m. on July 21, some people claiming to have actual knowledge of the book's plot are posting ostensible spoilers online. At one site, for instance, what appears to be a page from a manuscript appears, showing one paragraph outlined in red, suggesting that one of the most morally enigmatic characters in the series dies in the final book, with a few bars from the chorus of "Tarzan Boy" by Baltimora playing on an endless loop in the background.
And just last week, a self-proclaimed hacker calling himself Gabriel The Leaky Cauldron (leakynews.com), the site's hosts have posted a policy on spoilers: "DON'T DO IT."
"We just don't want someone taking what J. K. Rowling has earned away from her, which is the right to tell us where these mysteries end," said Melissa Anelli, the Leaky Cauldron's Webmaster, in a telephone interview. "She's worked really hard for 17 years on this series, and it's about time she reaps the satisfaction of bringing the culmination of her story to the fans herself."
In a posting dated May 14 on Rowling's own Web site, jkrowling.com, the author thanks Anelli for The Leaky Cauldron's spoiler policy, and added her own plea: "I want the readers who have, in many instances, grown up with Harry, to embark on the last adventure they will share with him without knowing where they are going," she wrote.
Attempts to spoil the ending are not new, of course. Four years ago, before the publication of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," the fifth book in the series, The Daily News bought a copy of the book at a Brooklyn health food store four days before publication and ran a graphic image showing two pages of the book. Rowling sued The Daily News for $100 million, and the suit was settled out of court.
Hosts of MuggleNet.com, another of the biggest Potter fan sites, learned about the death of Sirius Black, Harry's godfather, a few weeks before "Order of the Phoenix" was published, when someone sent in some scanned pages pilfered from a manuscript. And before "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," the sixth book in the series, was published two years ago, someone reportedly working on a Malaysian military base e-mailed a summary, the first page of every chapter and the whole final chapter to The Leaky Cauldron, revealing that Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts, the boarding school where Harry and his friends train in wizardry, dies at the end of the book.
"There are usually a few people who get their hands on a book and get some rush in spoiling the details for us," said Emerson Spartz, MuggleNet's founder and Web master. "They get some sick satisfaction that they're sticking it to the man."
At least one cynical fan sees the current crop of spoilers as a ruse by the publishers to increase sales.
"I think it was a ploy by someone inside to get more hype about the book and get more money off of it," Joy Viceroy, 16, said of last week's Gabriel incident. Viceroy, an avid fan of the series who has read each book multiple times, was waiting in line on Saturday at a public library branch near Cleveland to board the Harry Potter Knight Bus, a purple triple-decker brought in by Scholastic, Rowling's United States publisher, to stoke up prepublication fervor.said he had broken into the computers of Bloomsbury, the series's British publisher, and discovered the identities of two characters killed at the end of the book, though the claim was widely discounted.
While fans take endless delight in spinning their own theories, bringing Talmudic fervor to the analysis of clues dropped throughout the previous books and in interviews with Rowling, they tend to oppose spoilers violently.
Labels: Defender, Harrry Potter, secret
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 10:34,
Hilton interview boosts CNN ratings
Hilton's first TV chat since her release from jail aired Wednesday and gave King's show its best ratings of the year to date for a regularly scheduled telecast, CNN said Thursday.
The program has been drawing about 1.1 million daily viewers.
Hilton, who spent about 23 days in custody before she was released Tuesday, told King that the jail experience prompted her to re-evaluate the role of partying in her life and that she intended to continue her "journey" of self-discovery.
She also wants to raise money for worthy causes including "for kids and for breast cancer and multiple sclerosis."
Hilton said the media has exaggerated her party-girl image and told King she's never taken drugs and does not have a drinking problem.
She was jailed after driving with a suspended license in violation of her probation on alcohol-related reckless driving charges.
The hour-long interview was scheduled to be aired again at 8 p.m. EDT Friday, followed by a King interview with filmmaker Michael Moore ("Sicko").
Labels: CNN, interview, Larry King, Paris Hilton
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 10:16,
The Spice Girls: That Soul-Destroying Comeback In Full
The Spice Girls are something of an anachronism - after all, if anyone wants to be entertained by five not especially pretty women clumping around a stage like a gang of age-worn hookers now, they can just go and see The Pussycat Dolls.
But that didn't stop the Spice Girls from confirming the one thing that the whole world already knew yesterday - the Spice Girls have reunited. At the end of the year all five of the Spice Girls - Lardy Spice, Stupidly Fake-Breasted Spice, Annoying Spice, Annoying Spice and Baby Spice - will get together for world tour that will last just over a month, take in 11 cities in eight different countries, see a Christmas-friendly Spice Girls Greatest Hits album released to accompany it and earn the Spice Girls a reported £10 million each. With that sort of money in their pockets, the Spice Girls could then be able to retire forever. Or maybe that's just wishful thinking on our part.
This time yesterday we were pretty sure that the Spice Girls were reforming, but now it's a solid gold fact. For some reason the Spice Girls are putting their phenomenally successful solo careers - that's doing reality TV shows, doing reality TV shows, writing rubbish-sounding kid's books, having Axel Foley's baby and being miserable in layman's terms - on the back-burner to concentrate on what made them famous in the first place. Which we believe to be shouting "girl power!" every three seconds and agreeing to sponsor everything from fizzy drinks to newly-launched television channels.
The Spice Girls reunion has been long-rumoured - it didn't happen for Live 8, it didn't happen for their tenth anniversary, it didn't happen when Nelson Mandela asked them, it didn't happen for some other nondescript reason and it didn't happen for Princess Diana's weird concert - but yesterday all five of the Spice Girls showed up in a roped-off cinema at the O2 arena in London to tell the world the exact thing it had been dreading; the Spice Girls are getting back together in a matter of months. E! Online reports:
"We are girl power," said Halliwell, 34. "It doesn't matter how old you are, 5 or 65." Of why now was the right time to reunite, Halliwell, aka Ginger Spice, told reporters, "I think for us it was about celebrating the past, enjoying each other and it's about our fans. It was kind of now or never." "We are going to celebrate the past," echoed "Posh" Beckham, 33, easily the most famous Spice alum. Brown, 32, concurred, adding, "We wanted to have some fun and be together again for a while."
The fact that each of the Spice Girls will earn £10 million for the tour, which amounts to just under £1 million for every night they play, isn't important, you see. Because the Spice Girls want to celebrate the past. When we want to celebrate the past we watch old episodes of Benji, Zax And The Alien Prince on YouTube and have long discussions about Tab Clear with our Care Bears, but the Spice Girls just happen to want to do it in a way that makes them insanely wealthy in the process. Between December 7 and January 24 the reformed Spice Girls will play dates in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York, London, Cologne, Madrid, Beijing, Hong Kong, Sydney, Cape Town and Buenos Aires before going their separate ways again.
The Spice Girls are clearly expecting a lot of demand for these new shows, as ticket allocation will be decided by a lottery system. But that's assuming that the Spice Girls will sell-out each of their venues, which might be a lot to ask. After all, even the young fans who were left standing by the Spice Girls in 2000 when their rubbish last album was released will have had seven years to let their collection of Spice Girl action figures collect dust in the attic and are now just as likely to cringe at the sight of five barely-dressed women in their mid-thirties huddled around a Union Jack trying to recapture old glories as everyone else.
But even if the Spice Girls comeback tour is a failure the lottery system will remain in place. It's just you'll be vying for a spot watching the girls creak through Spice Up Your Life in the Maidstone branch of Jumpin' Jaks.
Labels: Soul, Spice Girls, Victoria Beckham
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 09:58,
